Biography & Autobiography - General

This edition first published in 1970. In this work, Francis Galton examined the antecedents, environment, education and hereditary features of the most prominent men of science. Historians as well as scientists intent upon a deeper understanding of the Victorian mind will find much of...

First published in 1970, this volume from Mrs Harriet E. Bishop McConkey, a pioneer schoolteacher of St. Paul, Minnesota, was part of the first wave of contemporaneous accounts from Americans in 1863 documenting their perspective of the Sioux Uprising between the 17th of August...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

When Justinian first assumed the title of Roman Emperor in 527 CE, his inherited empire--now based in Constantinople-- had lost almost all of its connection with the Eternal City itself, and was threatened from within by profound theological splits, and from without by the...

In his youth a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Arna Wendell Bontemps matured into a renaissance man in the broadest sense, a person fully engaged in the life of the intellect. He contributed vastly to the culture of his era...

Rooted in the traditions, stories, and quiet wisdom of the American South, this collection of reflections invites readers to slow down and remember the moments that shape a life. Through memories of family kitchens, handwritten recipes, front porch conversations, and lessons passed down through...

A Life Rebuilt in Chaos is a deeply inspiring and emotionally powerful journey of resilience, healing, and transformation. Through moments of struggle, reflection, and growth, this compelling narrative reveals what it truly means to rebuild a life when everything seems to fall apart.With honesty...

Gone Rogue is a riveting narrative that unravels a web of financial fraud, political manipulation, and personal sacrifice. Written by Michael Arnold, this compelling nonfiction work blends real-life events with dramatic storytelling to explore the high stakes of integrity, accountability, and the price of...

A journey across time and tide-where forgotten lives surface and history finds its voice. Experience newly uncovered stories in In the Shadow of Greatness-the expanded fifth-anniversary edition that brings previously unknown family lives into the light. From the gulf ports of France and the...

The man, who forced a press conference from hustler to the most elusive narcotics trafficker that the city of Pittsburgh has ever seen, his organisation, grew so bold that it draws the attention of Washington accumulating in the unprecedented news conference by the former...

There comes a moment in a woman's life when she realizes she has been pouring into everyone else... and slowly losing connection with herself.Basic Rituals by the Day is a gentle return.Through daily reflections, grounding rituals, and intentional pauses, this book guides you back...

I grew up with this belief system of what happens behind closed doors, stays behind closed doors. This toxic belief set me up to be a people pleaser, to the extent that even when I was 19 years old, I was still asking for...

"Carla Olman Peperzak donned a blue-and-white nurse's uniform and made her way to Amsterdam's Central Station. She had received word that an aunt and five cousins would be passing through on the way to Westerbork, the Nazi detention center in northeast Holland. Her uncle...

A white Norwegan woman who married a Nigerian in England during the World War II, here narrates the story of her life. Hilde Ogbe returned to Nigeria in 1956 and was naturalised in 1967. She subsequently establishes, and manages a silver jewellery company; studies...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1, Free University of Berlin (John-F.-Kennedy Institut), language: English, abstract: Much has been written about the homosexual and political playwright Tony Kushner. Interestingly, not so much has been said about...

This book is a culmination of thoughts racing through the mind of one soldier. There are so many soldiers that have a passion for life and living while going through the pains and agony of being away from their loved ones, trying to complete...

Former Dodger pitcher Frank D. Minton now preacher, is straight talking and plain dealing. He doesn't pull any punches about his love for baseball and the Bible. Infact many people think he is not very preacherly.Minton recounts an incident when he nearly caused a...

"A magnetic personality emerges from the pages of this absorbing story about a news reporter and television anchor." -Julia Ann Charpentier, ForeWord Clarion Review"An enjoyable book that delivers an engaging story and a vivid look at modern American culture." -Kirkus ReviewsChapters of a Life...

In the scriptures Ephesians 5: 21-29 the Bible tells us "Wives, submit to your own husbands as unto the Lord" v. 22, along with Ephesians 6: 1, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord" for this is right...My book is based on scriptures and...

My book conveys a strong presentation of the various areas I frequented, hunting in, and tasted wines in many places of Germany. One can contrast such areas as Wiesbaden, Bad Kreuznach, Mainz, and Karlsruhe to the Northern Germans, around Kiel and Hamburg, who convey...

My book conveys a strong presentation of the various areas I frequented, hunting in, and tasted wines in many places of Germany. One can contrast such areas as Wiesbaden, Bad Kreuznach, Mainz, and Karlsruhe to the Northern Germans, around Kiel and Hamburg, who convey...

This is set in the rural part of America in the 1960s. A great deal of African Americans were still in the South, picking cotton, chopping cotton, and working on plantations. Little did we know that in the 1960s, there was an industrial revolution...

Route to Success: An American Dream Tale is an autobiography of an African child who grew up in a small village in Cote d'Ivoire. Unlike his own children, he was born under banana trees. Before and after his birth, no medical attention was ever...

The true life story of my life as a sickly child rejected by my family and how I fought for my life after being pulverized by 1500 pounds of steel, a battle I lost initially, as I was pronounced dead, but proved victorious in...

Part 1 is about growing up in the U.K., part 2 is about married life, part 3 is about my life as a widow. Author: Kathy WilsonISBN-10: 1951461223ISBN-13: 9781951461225Publisher: Goldtouch Press, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2019Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

Between 1936 and 1939 several thousand men and women from Britain chose to leave the safety of their homes and involve themselves in another country's civil war. The country was Spain, where a military uprising had been launched against the country's Republican government. Most...

In 1939, in the final stages of the Spanish Civil War, Nancy and Archie Johnstone made a desperate dash for the border with the children they had sheltered in their hotel in Tossa de Mar. Once in France the children were interned in a...

In 1825 Captain Francis Bond Head retired from the army to take up a post with a mining company to survey and report on mining opportunities in Chile and Argentina. This mission earned him the nickname "Galloping Head" as a result of his travels...

An autobiography to memorialize my views of life on earth for 85 years now. Hopefully, a few young people starting life without a silver spoon in their mouth will pick-up my book and read it. Hopefully, it will inspire them to strive for what...

As young children, Bob and his four siblings were separated when they were adopted by different families. After forty-nine years apart, they were miraculously reunited. Not only did Bob's sister, Barbara, find all four of her brothers, but by God's grace the entire family...

The Bismarck is probably the most famous warship of WWII. The German battleship, 45,000 tons, was completed in early 1941 and went on to sink the 'Mighty Hood', pride of the Royal Navy, during one of the most sensational naval encounters ever. After a...

Change is inevitable. Mastering it is a skill-one you can train, strengthen, and rely on when life shifts faster than expected.Career transitions. Personal setbacks. Moments of uncertainty. Each demands the same ability: adapt, stay grounded, and move forward even when the path isn't clear.The...

For people to read and get educated to learn When I was Diagnosed, what I went through for many years having Epilepsy and Seizures. What it took for me to become Seizure free along with taking extremely less medication. What I have done since...

In this richly researched and deeply personal account, architect Stephen Clements brings to light the life and legacy of a prolific designer whose work shaped the Catholic landscape of twentieth-century southern Australia. Set against the intertwined histories of Church and society, this book traces...

Author: Brian T. MorrisonISBN-13: 9798995462446Publisher: Within Sight PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2026Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d

Author: Rosie JuarezISBN-13: 9798995340812Publisher: Redeemed Ink PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2026Pages: 476Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Author: L. Dawn MasonISBN-13: 9798995268819Publisher: Bridge & Prayer PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2026Pages: 438Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d

Author: Heidi CraigISBN-13: 9798994404904Publisher: Heidi CraigLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2026Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Author: Norman JonesISBN-13: 9798823064767Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2026Pages: 222Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Alan HicksISBN-13: 9798295819100Publisher: Alan HicksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2026Pages: 314Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d

The man, who forced a press conference from hustler to the most elusive narcotics trafficker that the city of Pittsburgh has ever seen, his organisation, grew so bold that it draws the attention of Washington accumulating in the unprecedented news conference by the former...

You look fine. You function. You keep going.But inside, something doesn't feel right - and you don't know why.The anxiety comes out of nowhere.The exhaustion never really leaves.Your body changes... your mind spirals... and every month, it happens again.You start to wonder: What is...

Author: Emelle ElizabethISBN-13: 9798249572600Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2026Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d

Author: Michael J. RosanovaISBN-13: 9798234061126Publisher: Casa Italia, Italian Cultural Center, Stone PLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/12/2026Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

Author: D. R. HowlandISBN-13: 9798234050649Publisher: Spark Test Us-TrbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2026Pages: 444Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.90d

Author: Ngøgð Wa Thiong'oISBN-10: 9966466843ISBN-13: 9789966466846Publisher: East African Educational PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2026Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.28d

Author: Shilo NiziolekISBN-10: 1963943503ISBN-13: 9781963943504Publisher: QLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2026Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.27d

Author: Bettye JacksonISBN-10: 1470536293ISBN-13: 9781470536299Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2026Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.16d

Author: Roger GroundsISBN-10: 1037108884ISBN-13: 9781037108884Publisher: Austin MacauleyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/22/2026Pages: 462Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.93d

Author: Habib FekihISBN-10: 1035803682ISBN-13: 9781035803682Publisher: Austin MacauleyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/24/2026Pages: 164Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d